Vionville
Part of Rezonville-Vionville in Grand Est, France
Coat of arms
Location of Vionville
49°05′34″N 5°56′55″E / 49.0928°N 5.9486°E / 49.0928; 5.9486
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(2019)[1]
57130
(avg. 291 m or 955 ft)
Vionville (French pronunciation: [vjɔ̃vil]) is a former commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Rezonville-Vionville.[2]
The battle of Vionville (Rezonville or Mars-la-Tour) was fought here on 16 of August 1870 between the French and the Germans during the Franco-Prussian War.[3]
See also
References
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- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 30 November 2018 (in French)
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vionville" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 108.
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